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Red Wings eye Presidents' Trophy

Apr 7, 2007 - 2:02 PM Chicago (31-40-9) at Detroit (49-19-13), 1:00 pm EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Detroit Red Wings already have clinched their third consecutive Western Conference title. But they have their eyes on an even bigger prize.

The Red Wings look to capture their third consecutive Presidents' Trophy when they host the Chicago Blackhawks in Saturday's season finale.

With 111 points, the Red Wings are tied with the Buffalo Sabres in the race for the Presidents' Trophy - annually given to the team with the most points during the regular season.

However, the Sabres have two games remaining and hold the tie-break over the Red Wings.

The meeting with Chicago is the second game of a home-and-home series between the Central Division clubs.

The Blackhawks snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Red Wings with a 3-2 shootout victory on Thursday.

Patrick Sharp and Jason Williams scored in the shootout and Nikolai Khabibulin made a season-high 56 saves for the Blackhawks, who have won a season-high four straight games.

Nikita Alexeev and rookie Bryan Bickell scored in regulation for the Blackhawks. Detroit received tallies from Tomas Holmstrom and former Blackhawk Kyle Calder.

Detroit is 4-0-4 in its last eight games and leads the season series with Chicago, 6-0-1.